Florence - Renaissance Under A Gay Light

Florence gay tour Renaissance History! Visit two splendid museums in Florence, where you discover the whole history of Florentine Renaissance art, from Donatello to Cellini – as well as the dense gay history of Renaissance Florence.

Start in the morning at the Bargello, and enjoy several key male nude sculptures from the Renaissance, including Donatello’s David – the first freestanding male nude after Greek-Roman times; plunge into the Accademia Gallery, and meet some of the most famous painters of Renaissance: from Cimabue to Giotto, to Botticelli, the painter of the ‘Primavera’ (‘Springtime’). The masterwork here is the ‘David’ by Michelangelo: his naked beauty is breathtaking. His face seems concentrated on the enemy and his muscles are ready to sprint.

Turn to the Medici neighborhood, where we will discuss the family’s amazing record as ‘gayfriendly’ art patrons while visiting their original palace and their funerary chapel, where Michelangelo carved some of his greatest sculptures.